And if there's one company with enough
clout to drown out the buzz surrounding an Apple product, it's
Google. According to a report
by the New York Times, Google will soon be selling its own
tablet device. Although the NYT article isn't exactly clear on
the matter, it appears that Google will be selling it own branded
Tablet -- a la the Nexus
One.

According to Google CEO Eric Schmidt,
the new device will run Google's Android operating system. Naturally,
the Tablet will have access to Google's growing
Android Market and will double as an eBook reader.

This isn't the first time that we've
heard of a Google Tablet. Before the iPad was even revealed in
January, the company was already
airing video demonstrations of a Tablet concept. However, those
concepts were running Chrome OS instead of the more
smartphone-oriented Android OS.

When the Google Tablet does eventually
hit the market, one can only hope that it will address a few of the
shortcomings of the iPad including the lack of cameras, USB ports,
and an SD slot for digital camera media.

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